not know how many have noticed that all the riots that inflamed the middle of the Arab world today, from Algeria to Yemen, and are as popular revolts against autocratic and corrupt political regimes, were born in straight lines as movements of protest against rising food prices.
E 'news today that the FAO food price index, which takes account of cereals, meat, dairy products, vegetable oils, has reached its historical peak in 2010, exceeding the value of 2008, when the price oil had reached $ 140 a barrel. Yields of cereals
2010 have declined by 1.4% compared to last year, without taking into account the data of the southern hemisphere, still incomplete (and a big exporter of cereals, Australia has a huge area submerged by a flood, then that will do nothing). The Amazon is facing an unprecedented drought. Russia, major exporter of grain, saw its production decrease due to decreased rainfall. The riots in Tunisia and Egypt are not just politicians, are the first symptom of what our excess consumption produces the effect of climate change. I'm beginning to worry seriously. Instead we continue to want to boost the economy by encouraging consumption. It means that we are coming.
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